President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced he will be enlisting advisers from nearly all sectors of American commerce, the medical field, and elected office to join a new “task force” dedicated to reopening the United States economy after it was ravaged by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus.
Speaking at the White House, Trump read dozens of names of executives and companies from sectors including technology, agriculture, banking, financial services, defense, energy, transportation, as well as leaders from unions, professional sports, think tanks, and health care, as members of his task force, dubbed the “Great American Economic Revival Industry Groups.”
The president said his administration will be speaking to the groups “over the next very short period of time, in many cases, tomorrow,” and will do so “by telephone, because we dont want people traveling right now.” Trump said that those named on the list were “the best and the smartest, the brightest and theyre going to give us some ideas,” on how to reopen the economy following its CCP virus-induced shutdown.
Shortly after the presidents briefing, the White House released a list of nearly 200 executives, economists, scholars, and industry leaders who together will form various Great American Economic Revival Industry Groups. The groups will “work together with the White House to chart the path forward toward a future of unparalleled American prosperity,” and “produce a more independent, self-sufficient, and resilient nation,” according to a White House press release.
Names among the list include Apples Tim Cook, some of the nations largest banks, such as Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, and Morgan Stanley, massive defense contractors such as Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman, and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban, who have both been critical of Trump in the past. Trump and the White House did not explain exactly what role the groups would have in the process of reopening the U.S. economy.
Elsewhere during Tuesdays press conference, Trump said that plans to reopen the country were “close to being finalized” and that some governors across the United States can “very, very shortly, if not almost immediately,” open up their states, but said he will announce a specific date soon, adding that the date will be “in the very near future.” Trump said he was aware of “over 20 states” that were in “extreRead More From Source
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